Chennai: Call triggers bomb scare at Apollo Hospitals
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Chennai : An anonymous telephone call today claiming that a bomb was planted in the premises of the Apollo Hospitals here and it would explode anytime sent authorities into a tizzy.
It, however, turned out to be a hoax.
"All I can tell you is that it's a hoax telephone call," a top police officer told PTI.
Police are investigating who made the call and from where it originated.
Following the call, police tightened vigil at the city- based corporate hospital and only patients and the employees of the hospital were allowed inside.
It, however, turned out to be a hoax.
"All I can tell you is that it's a hoax telephone call," a top police officer told PTI.
Police are investigating who made the call and from where it originated.
Following the call, police tightened vigil at the city- based corporate hospital and only patients and the employees of the hospital were allowed inside.
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